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Added 8 October 2026

gymnosperm

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about gymnosperm at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary.

Origin

from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). By surface analysis, gymno- + sperm.

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